The Sun. — London, England, 1864-07-01 00:00:00

RO A Y L IT ALI A N OPER A, Intervention—we may now rejoice to our very Covent-garden. hearts' content, over the mingled shams and igno- The n3bility, gentry, subscribers, and the public are . respect fu ly intormed that the season will close on Saturday, rainy secured to us by our left-handed adoption duly 30. Special Extra Night. of a kind of blustering yet craven travestee of the Mdlle. Adelina Patti, Madame Didiee ;M. Faure, Signor Peace-at-any-Price policy. Graziani, and Signor Mario. THIS EVENING (FRIDAY), July 1, will be performed Gounod's Opera, in five acts, FAUST E MARGHERJA. Margtherita, Mille. Adelina Patti ; Siebe , Madame Didlee ; Marra, Mdlie. Wagnern fisto ee, M. Faure ; Vale.tmo, Signor Gr ziani ; ignor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario. The administration of relief to the destitute has always been one of the most serious perplexities which lie in the path of the legislator. To steer between the two dangers of encouraging idleness and improvidence and of neglecting the really fleetly is a problem which has at all times been most difficult to solve, and which, in spite of all our efforts and experiments, cannot yet be said to be satisfactorily settled. Even in our own metropolis we have frequent reason for doubting how far our elaborate poor-law system fulfils its task; and the evils of the old plan, which fell into the opposite error from that now common, are still fresh in the memory. The condition of the poorer classes in the sister country is not such as to induce us to suppose that the present arrange ments are perfect, and therefore Mr. HENNESSY deserved better success in endeavouring to excite some interest in the discussion of the Irish Poor Law. The hon. member, in moving the second reading of the Poor Law (Ireleind) Acts Amend ment Bill, explained that its object was to em power the Poor Law Commissioners of Ireland to allow out-door relief to be given to such classes of the able-bodied poor to such extent and in such manner as they may think fit. This permission does not seem at first sight to contain any objec tionable feature, being, in fact, copied from a similar clause in the English law ; bat the prin ciple of out-door relief as applicable to Ireland is strongly objected to by a large number of persons. The principle is, as we know, readily recognised in this country, and complaints are often made that the line is often drawn too tight, and that, in their desire to avoid the old mistake of encouraging vagrancy and rewarding thriftlessness, guardians and relieving officers often inflict unnecessary hard ships on the poor. It is quite evident that it is cheaper to give a little out-door relief than to take a whole family into the workhouse ; and at first sight it may therefore seem strange that the con dition of entering the House is generally in sisted ; but the workhouse authorities know better, and are fully aware that the dislike to surrendering independence, to break ing up a home, and the consequent dis ruption of family ties, is sufficiently strong to keep a good many half starved persons from apply ing to the parish. But the question remains whether these are not the very persons whom we should most wish to help ? It is the better class of the struggling poor who shrink from the " house" and its restraints; those who have some self-respect left, and who take a pride in their little belongings, and have a care for their families, and it is these who in times of sickness or distress have to bear sore straits to avoid the object of their dread. This argement may well be brought forward on behalf of the poor of Ireland, and Mr. HENNESSY, in ad vocating the change he proposed, especially dwelt upon the debasement which the Irish poor felt when they entered the Union. Ile was convinced, he said, that the law now in operation in Ireland for the so-called relief of the poer tended very much to promote that excessive emigration which is so much regretted, for the labouring man who had been forced to become an inmate of the workhouse was eager to leave the country. The social and moral interests of the poor should, as Mr. HEN NESSY very justly observed, be consulted in this matter of public relief; and certainly these are not adequately considered when the only resource from starvation is a " workhouse, where they receive worse than prison diet." There is no reason why harder measure should be dealt to the Irish than to the English poor; bat the plea against any altera tion of the law is that it would tend to raise the rates—a result much to be deprecated in so poor a country. But i 2 it is really the object to keep the rates low, a very considerable saving might be made by paying a Hula attention to the manner in which the money now raised in poor rates is laid out since. On Mr. HENNESSY'S showing, it appears that a very great amount of relief might be given with trifling expense, and in fact one of the prin cipal arguments which the hon. and learned gen• tleman adduced in favour of his measure was its economy. He anticipated that it would produce an actual reduction in the rates by assimilating the Irish poor law to the English system, since the cost of the maintenance and clothing per head is in England and Scotland about ls, 6d. per week, while in Ireland it is 2s. 3d., and, with other charges, amounts altogether to 3s. 10d., so that more than twice the number might be re lieved on the English system. The increased cost is not occasioned by a different or more luxurious manner of treating the paupers —the secret lies in the official expenses. According to Mr. HEN NESSY'S statistics, in one of the unions in Donegal £333 was expended in the relief of the poor, £209 in the salaries and rations of the officers, and £123 for other expenses, so that for every eightpence expended on the poor sixpence was laid out on the officials. In another union the establishment charges were £590, while the amount spent on the poor was £502. After this it is certainly some what inconsistent to talk about heavy rates, and it is high time that some inquiry was made into the matter with a view to restoring a juster proportion of things. Mr. HENNESSY contrasted these returns with those of the Union at Holyhead, selecting that part of England as being nearest Ireland. In Holyhead the poor rates amounted to £lO,OOO, of which £9,300 was expended on the poor, £415 only being charged for official expenses. The heavy expenses, he contended, were mostly due to the indoor relief system, for the proportion of outdoor relief given in Ireland is only one-thirtieth against one-sixth in England. The rule is more oppressive applied to a poor county like Ireland, where the means of the labouring population are at beat scantier than it would be in our own land, and the benefit of giving a little temporary relief to out• door labourers when deprived of work by frost or other causes is very great to the ratepayers as well as to the recipients. In Ireland the families of such men are driven into the workhouse, and become too often pauperised, whereas by a more liberal and enlightened system the barrier between the children and pauperism need not be broken down. It ie no light thing to familiarise our working men's ramilies with the inside of a Union, and it is cer Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. Pit tickets, 7s. ; amphitheatre t , ta Is, 10s. 6d., 75., and ss. ; amphitheatre; 2s. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had at the box-office under the portico of the theatre, which is oocn front ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and HEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET.— S ole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. Tills EVENING. THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Mr. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GARRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale. Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, IVeathersby, ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. Followed by LORD DUNDREARY MARRIED AND DONE FOR. To conclude with TURNING THE TABLES. Mr. Compton, Mr. Howe, ao- Coramence at 7. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATR -- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy 0' Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which. the new pray by John Oxenford, Esq., THE MONASTERY OF Sf. JUS r : Messrs. Vining, H. Mtrs ton, J. Nelson, J. W. Ray, Mellon, W. Robins, . Seyton, chapman ; Mrs. H. Matston, and Mdlle. stella Lolas. EN THEATRE-Ito YAL, - 1 - 11 Sole Proprietor and Manag•er. Mr. B. Webster. THIS EVENING, SHAKSPERE'S HOUSE. Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. R. Phillips. Followed by THE DEAD HEART: Robert Landry Oils original character), Mr. Benjamin Webster, ,•uppo ted by Messrs. A. Stirling, J. L. Toole, T. Stuart, eaul Bedford, B llington ; Miss Woolgar (Mrs. Alfred Mellon), Miss Kelly, ice. After which, THE AREA BELLE, with a Norrible Tale: Messrs. J. L. Toole, P. Bedford, IC. liomerAtiss Woolgar, and Mrs. 11. Lewis. • - Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'.......23s. per ton. I Double.. 20s. per ton. Top 225 . „ Deep 2ls. „ Well screened and delivered within live miles of their De pots, Westbonrne Park-road, W., and i 7, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke lss. per chaldron. Terms cash. JOHN SCO TT. Sole Agent. TIE THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest ,SPORTLINIG INTELLIGENCE, I . s.e had Every Evenin , ..; 01 _ G. ft GLENIE, News AGENT, No. 4, Ccnnaught•terrace, Hyde-park. The Weather—Sun Office, July 1, 1861, - 4. - - THERMOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 65 Barometer-29.9 3. WIND —S.W. ; pleasant breeze and fine. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY.—Morring, —m.—Afternoon, 12h. 10m. ro-mognow.-Morning, 12h. 38m.—Afternoon, l'n. 4m, v 7 . -7 • t SUIT LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1864. But that the slaughter of the Federals still con tinues to be so very frightful out in that deplorable American seat of war, it would be almost laughable reading, as we do, among these last intimations re ceived from New York, under date June 23, " STAN. TON announces that important movements are in pro gress"—together with the usual added hocus-pocus —" which cannot yet be made public." That kind of official intimation, just as the mail is leaving for Europe, has been made so often —end hitherto has invariably ended so disas trously. They are always making "important movements"—the phrase used to be (until they were laughed out of it) "strategic movements" — those unfortunate Federals. And, besides that, there has always been some untoward impediment, somehow or another, in the way of the progress of those same movements being made public. Whenever by the mail ensuing, the result has come to be made public--it has always, we repeat, proved in its cha racter to have been disastrous instead of advantageous to the cause of the Federal Government. Opposed to the Confederate Array, the Army of the Federals has hitherto proved to be little better than what LEIGH HUNT once comically likened a feather bed to, namely, a Great Lubberly Giant. And the Great Lubberly Giant over in America somehow never contrives to tumble on a feather bed. He is always receiving punishment, and punishment of the most frightful character. According to these last accounts, per the China, the Federal loss has aga in been something frightful. Eight thousand men in two days (the 17th and 18th) are acknowledged by the Federals themselves to have been put hors de combat —but the telegram adds the number is believed to be still greater I In fact, a single corps alone (sascocx's) is known to have suffered losses to the extent of four thousand two hundred men. Thanks to our wonderful new-!angled principle of N o n-intervention — so r i g idly applied in regard to formida ble struggles like those now raging in the North of E u rope between Dm Denmark and Germany, and i n North America be tween the Federals and the Confederates, but so in differently applied in instances like that 'wretched contest in China between the Teepinge and the Imperialists—thanks to this delightfully plastic and elastic principle of non-intervention the horrorsof 'w ar are in a fair way of being still indefinitely continued in both hemispheres. Diplomatic interference even, is shrunk from, as between the rival Powers at Richmond and at Washington. And so with a war expenditure of our own for many years past here at home—for what good end GOD knows ! we are permitted to enjoy, at a safe distance, the luxury of beholding a four years' struggle of the most sanguinary and revolting kind going on unin terruptedly among our own kith and kindred, among a race who are of the number of our descendants. And—beholding that spectacle yonder in America, and beholding this kindred spectacle here in the North of Europe, we may now exult over the really and trolly incalculable blessings resulting from the principle of Non tainly not the way to lighten the burdens of tl4e ratepayers. We hear a great deal a b out not in creasing the temptations to live o n th e pu b lic bounty, but gentlemen who argue exclusively on this side of the question will do well to consider whether in their anxiety to diminish the attraction s of the Union to the worn and tempted pauper they are not at the same time heightening the attractions of the gaol. The subject of " Park -lane Improvement" has of late engrossed much attention, and those who take an interest in the matter, or are desirous of acquainting themselves with its details, cannot dc• better than peruse the letter of Mr. N ELSON to tht limes of yesterday. This gentleman is averse ti the suggestion recently made of opening Ham i lt o n. place as a means of obviating the excess of traffic,; and in lien thereof, he considers that the change bhould be made before and not after Park-lane. There are no less than seven streets opening north wards between Park-lane and Berkeley-street, at both which points the rush of traffic is truly " in. cessant." Mr. NELSON proposes that some of these streets which are either culs de sac, or ending in inconvenient routes, should be opened. This pro posal appears to be a reasonable one, and the erplanatiocs given on the subject seem to be satis. factory. There is no doubt that for some time past there has been great negligence displayed in per mitting Piccadilly to remain in such a blocked up state. What is everybody's business is nobody's has been proved by the discomfort and danger that have attended the traffic constantly taking place in this favourite street of the metropolis. It is proposed' then, to continue Clarges•street northwards to come out opposite to Cnarles-street, Grosvenor.square, and this could be done in an economical manner. The other suggestion is to make South Audley-street go on to Piccadilly. By this means there would be a direct thoroughfare between Oxford-street and Piccadilly, and also another thorough fare from Piccadilly to Par k-lan e. Mr. NELSON deserves credit for his ingenious sug• gestions, and it certainly appears that they contain more to recommend them than is often found in the proposals of a similar nature which continually abound. It is truly stated in this letter that these proposals will prove cheaper in the end than the plan of opening Hamilton-place, for the houses there are so much more valuable than in the other two localities, that large compensation will be obliged to be given to the owners. It must seem, besides, on consideration, that the change in Hamilton-place will not effect the benefit, nor secure ail the advan tages that, at first sight, it appeared to promise. It will be bat a temporary alteration, and not be in the right place for removing the traffic so as to en able those who suffer so much inconvenience there from to enjoy the requisite relief. It is to be wished that the Metropolitan Board displayed more ability and judgment in the consideration of these mat. ters. They seem to exhibit neither discernment to recognise evils nor wit to remove them when others have found them out. The task of improving the streets and accommodating the thoroughfares of a groat metropolis ought not, however, to be so lightly spoken of, as is too often the case. It was the boast of an Emperor in past days that he found Rome brick and left it marble, and this was not an unreasonable theme for self congratulation, but the spirit which prompted the men of old times to improve their capitals has never rightly been comprehended or sufficiently partici pated in by those who regulate the streets of London. We have all heard of the princess and the crumpled rose leaf, and, absurd as it may seem to some in theory, there are many now-a-days whc. carry it out in practice. Perhaps one of the most absurd forms in which this ultra.refiaement and excessive particularity has of late shown itself has been the crusade that has been made against street music. The humorous remarks that were made during the discussion that took place the other evening showed how utterly unfounded were the complaints made. It is, however, to be observed that in some respects the provisions of this bill are most unfair they con tain hard and harsh measures against the itinerant musicians, and are quite at variance with the general principles of English law. It is a pity that peaple become so infatuated about a subject that really is of so little importance. In the first place, many of those who complained so bitterly of the nuisance inflicted upon them by the "organ grin. dera" are absent from town during a great part of the year, and it is most unreasonable to interfere frith others in their mode of gaining an honest liveli hood. Sir J. TRELAWNY spoke out plainly and to the point when he said that the " bill was a piece of peddling legislation," and truly declared that the rolling of carriages at night was a great annoy ance to some peop.e. It is idle to say that this bill only sends the musicians from one part of the town to another, because in any neighbourhood there may be persons who are posseised of this horror against street music, and hence the measure must be regarded as a tyrannical provision which sacrifices the interests of a humble class, and the pleasure of many poor persons to the infatuated prejudices of a few privileged individuals. It is impossible to procure quiet in its reality in London, and those who require, or fancy that they require, absolute calm for the prosecution of their studies, should betako themselves elsewhere, for as fast as they have put down one nuisance another will start up, and their energies will be consumed in the struggle for rest, while they will be as far off their object as ever. The promoters of this bill have succeeded in passing a clause which the Attorney General has called " totally unprecedented," and it is greatly to be regretted that their zeal, which is indeed worthy of a better cause, did not show more moderation in its demands, and exhibit more reti cence in its judgment. Considerate persons will not pursue their avocations the more peacefully be. cause the. stringent regulations of the law have driven the poor musician from street to street, till in despair he ventures to defy its mandates, and finds himself in a prison. When released from thence, who shall say what his future course may be ? It is always an unwise act on the part of legislators to strain a point, so that a conviction, is almost sure to take place, and these social innova tors seem resolved that, come what may, the organ grinder must be guilty, and that the sooner he be brought to condign punishment the better. The Bishop of London has appointed July 7th for the annual distribution, at the Society of Arts, of the prizes and certificates in religious knowledge gained by the members of literary and mechanics' institutions, young men's societies, working men's clubs, and evening dame's, in unicn with the Metropolitan Adult Education Association." PROSPECTS OF A GENERAL ELECTION.—The Parliament House—the chief seat of the Whigs in this city—isin motion. For che past three or four daysevery horse-hair is it has been on end. There has been a running to and fro such as has not been observed since the last general election, and an anxiety which indicates a feeling the very opposite of comfortable. Out of doors, too, certain supposed leaders or authorities among the Whigs are be coming quite bland and courteous,, if not positively obse quious, to those that at any other time they would not care to recognise or remember. The Tories look jubilant, and rumours are current that in the event of a dissolution they mean to contest this city against its preseat roisrepresenta tives, or whoever else may appear in the field,--Caledonian Mercury, A POLICEMAN SHOT BT A BURGLAR,. On Tuesday night two county constables, name.l Hatton and Waldron, were on duty in Hale-mad, Hale-head, when they met a man of suspicious appearance. In order to have a better view of the man Waldron struck a match, and then the officers saw that he fully answered the description of a man who was wanted for a burglary. Waldron seized him by the back of the ntek, when the prisoner drew a pistol and fired. The shot, however, missed ; and he almost immediately fired another pistol, this time with more suc cess, the ball striking the officer in the right side. A des perate struggle then took place between the prisoner and the two officers, Hotton,though wounded, still assisting his brother officer. 'While he was doing so, the prisoner stabbed him several times with a chisel. After consider able difficulty the prisoner was handcuffed. The constable ties in a dangerous state. NATIONAL SELAKSP ERE C O2I3 IITTEE.—Mr, Ger man Reed has liberally contributed £25 55., being the entire receipts of one night at the Gallery of Illustration ; Sothern, of the Haymarket Theatre, has subscribed £2O; and Mr Buckstone, the lessee of the same theatre, has announced his intention of giving £2o—all in Aid of thv Stalopere kbnualout Fund, LATEST INTELLIGENCE. LBEUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CHINA. NEW YORK, JUNE 21 (Evening). Gen. Grant's whole army was before Petersburg on the 17th instant. On the following date Grant assaulted the Confederate works, but was repulsed, suffering a loss of from 6,000 to 9,000 in killed and wounded. He maintains, however, his entrenched line within a mile of the city. The Confederate line forms a semicircle in front of Petersburg, the flank resting on the Appomatox. Lee's whole army is supposed to be at Petersburg. Smith's corps left Petersburg, and returned to Bermuda Hundreds. The Confederates have reoccupied their position in front of Bermuda Hundreds. Butler's troops returned after having destroyed several miles of the Richmond and Petersburg railroad. Sheridan has advanced within five miles of Gor donsville, where the Confederated Were strongly Itc,engagement of those ce ebraced and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles MathZwl Amongst the artists en,gaged wit! be found the popular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charle, Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. d. Clarke, Mr. 1 ) +111 ..13edtOrd, Mr. F. itobinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Johnstone; Mina H then, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss 11. .Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, Mrs. Stirling, anti Mrs. Chas. Mathews. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A SHEEP IN WOLF'S CL‘.)THING. Mrs. Stirling, Mr. J. Clarke, and Mr. F. Rubinson. At F., the Comic Drami of USED UP. Messrs. C. Mathews, Ashley, J. Johnstone, Montague, W, Chamberlaine ; Miss Patti Josephs, and Mrs. Frank 3iatthews. At 10, LITTLE TODDLEKINS, Mr. Chailes Mathews, Alr. and Mrs. F. Matthews. To conclude with BRISTOL DIAMONDS. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Matatws, Mr. Ash cy. Miss Wentworth. In Reh , arsal, FAUST ASD MAIL(JUERITT;:. An Im morality, by F. C. Burnand, Esq., in which Mr. and Alas. Charles atathews will appear. PARIs BONNETS for JUNE.--11,Iessrs. JAY'S Manager has Ira day returned from Paris with an assortment of the most elegant and fashionable Summer Bonnets, selected from the magasins of the first houses in that city. JAY'S, The London General Mourning Warehouse, _ __ 217, 219, and 251, Regent-street. June 1,186 k, 14 * TOVEL STYLE in FRENCH BONNETS..— French fashion has produced Bonnets for this month of a light go earner texture, which aec.;mmodate the present style of wearing Etna displaying the lady's h •ir. They are of the most exquisite variety, and, though still adhering to the favourite colours of black. white, and neutral, are entirely remodelled in shape, size, and substance. Spe,ially imported from Paris for J AY'S, The Lea.7.on General Mournful' Warehouse, 247, 249, and 251, Regent-street. TIRE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 18614 entrenched. Sberidan reports that on the 12th inst. he had defeated the Confederates at Trevellian station, and destroyed several miles of the Virginia Central Railrdad south of Gordonsville. Hunter is reported to be within six miles of Lynchburg. On the 13th inst. a large Confederate cavalry force was reported to be advancing np the Shenan doah Valley. Sherman reports that the flanks of Johnstone's army have been considerably withdrawn. Johnstone still holds Kennisaw Mountain as the apex of his position. Secretary Stanton has issued an order that five Confederate general cfficers shall be placed under fire, before Charleston, in retaliation for Federal officers having been pieced under Federal fire in that town. The steamer Searen has been captured. The North American was intercepted off Cape Race. NEW YORK, June 23 (Evening). (By Telegraph to HdWax.) On Monday Bierney's corps bombarded Peters burg at a range of 1,200 yards—.doing, however, little damage. Lee reports that the Richmond and Petersburg Railway has been repaired. Richmond papers report that Hunter's attack on Lynchburg on Saturday had been repulsed. Ewell has left to oppose Hunter. Sheridan has returned to Fort Monroe. Sherman reports severe fighting on Sunday,when Howard gained an important position and repulsed the Confederates with a loss of 700 men who at tempted to retake it. The Confederate advance up the Shenandoah Valley has been denied. The Chicago Ddmocratic Convention has been postponed until August. The Peace Democracy has resolved to support no presidential candidate who is in favour of the war. Grant's whole army is before Petersburg He was repulsed on the 17th and 18th with heavy loss in an assault on Petersburg. He maintains his en• trenched line within a mile from Petersburg. On the 2 ►th Generals Grant and Butler and Admiral Lee held a consultation on the fig-ship in the James Ri7er. An important fresh movement by Grant was progressing on Wednesday, the 22d inst. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, June 23 (Morning). Money tighter. Gold excited at 210. NEW YORK, Jane 23 (Evening). Money tight. Gold had advanced since the passing of the Gold Bill to 230, but has since de clined to 210. Exchange on London, 230. The market is excited, and the financial situation has caused much apprehension in commercial circles. Stocks dull. New York Centrals,l32.l—lllinois shares, 128—Erie, 114-6 per cent U.S. Bond Twenty-fives, 105. Cotton advancing —middling Upland, 145 c.—flour,.—flour, wheat, and corn advancing. Provisions dull. Coffee and augur good inquiry. Molasses steady. Petroleum (crude), 461-c., rained 700. The bankers of New York have sent a deputa tion to Washington to urge a modification of the Gold Bill. FRANCE. PARIS, JULY 1 (Morning). The Moniteur of this morning says : "A telegram from General Martimprey, dated the 27th ult., announces that all the tribes of the Fiittas, who were still in a state of revolt, have been driven into their last refuges and have surren dered unconditionally. 4,000 prisoners are retained by us as a guarantee for their submission. "General Martimprey was to embark on the 29th ult. at Mortagenem to return to Algiers." The Constitutionnel of to-day publishes an article on the praise bestowed by Earl Russell in the House of Lords upon the Emperor Napol eon , con cluding thus :—" If we point out this manifestation of the British Cabinet, it is because it seems to us of great value, and we congratulate ours e l v es from the double point of view of patriotism and p l eas ure at the prospect of a general peace ; in the first place because we are happy to see our Government re spected, and in the second, because we are convinced that the good and courteous relations between France and England are the surest guarantee lot the interests of civilisation." BOURSE, June 30. Thu repons e de primes (option) was made at 66f. 85c. for the fhree psi Cents. The market has been firm. Threes un varied at 65f. 75c., and Mubilier a t 1,051 f. 25c . The market closed as follows 4 1 per Cents. 93 25 uo. end 3 per Cents Do. end month 65 80 Credit Mobilier 1052 50 Do. end month 1051 25 Bank Shares 3302 60 Credit F onoier ....1245 Roman .. 72 25 BA IL Italian L ean ...... 69 8 Do. end m on th,. 69 5° Ditto Th„„ ..... Ndw Mexicali' •• •• 56 50 A l tr ian .......... ...... Spanh t Threes.... 51 25 loins NW: ...... 50 Deferred ........ 45i WAYS. Orleans Northern Lyons and Mediterranean New ditto Southern Western Eastern .. Sardinian Austrian Lrur bard North of Spain Saragossa Ditto to Barcelona Ca s h. Account. 865 805 990 , 990 -- 881 25 880 •• - - 640 648 75 497 6 0 600 - 463 75 ..462 50 365 „ 365 - 402 50 „ 406 25 633 75 „ 531 25 42U „ 422 50 5 62 u 0 „ 562 60 250 ~, 250 THE DANO-GERMAN WAR, COPENHAGEN, JU NE 29, 10 14 A.M. Last night an attack was made by the enemy on Alsen. After a violent contest they succeeeed in effecting a landing on the Kjaer peninsula. Oar loss has been severe, and our troops have now withdrawn between Uikeboi and Sonderskov. PASSAGE OF THE ALSEN SOUND BY THE PRUSSIANs. , FLENSBURG, JULY 1. The passage of the Alsen Sound by the main body of the Prussians was effected in 120 boats, conveying 3,000 at a time. The troops landed between Schwabeck and the most southerly point of Satrupholz. Notwithstanding the sharp fire of the DaneF, their grand batteries were taken. The Rolf Krake was twice repulsed and was sat ranged in radiant array the well-thumbed volumes on fire. of the Boz library. Two thousand four hundred Dines, including one hundred officers, were taken prisoners. Colonel Kaufmann was severely wounded, The Danish loss is severe. The Prussian lose is three officers killed and 17 wounded, with 300 men killed and wounded, Ca? 4 you Forgive her? By Anthony Trollope. No. VII. Chapman and Hall. From the beginning to the end of the number we are with Alice Vdvasour at Matching Priory. About the only incident in the whole instalment is that of the moonlit talk between Alice and • the Lady Glencora in the Priory ruins—to the exceed ing vexation of Mr. Plantagenet Pdliiser. Lady Glencora is seemingly upon the very brink of a fathomless pool of trouble, in which she appears to meditate precipitating herself suicidally. Mr. I3ott, the red whiskered giant of an M.P., renders himself more odious than ever. So also does old Lady Midlothian, who makes her ap pearance for a brief interval at Matching Priory, with the intention of rating Aice, there, however, getting rated herself by Alice instead. Dios: of the characters in the story are very odious, and the situations, into which these are thrown, oftan intolerable, almost sometimes to the extent of being disgusting. Instance—Alices causeless jilting of the man she loves, and to whom, as such, she wits, reasonably enough, engaged to be married. In stance—sill more flagrantly —the unlawful love yet cherishes by the Lady Giencora for her former suitor Barge —even though she, Lidy Glencora, is by this time the wife of Mr. Pillieer. LITERATURE, - .4 1 0.-• Charles Dickens's New Serial Story, Our Mutual Friend. No. 3. By Charles Dickens, Chapman and Hall. Chapter Nine of Book One, page 84 of Number Three, has at length brought the hypercritics the explanation of Mr. Dickens's title —the title flouted by those same hypercritics as not Oily enigmatical, but ungrammatical. The elec:dation of the little mystery is complete an'.l triumphant. And, remem ber, it is one not inlerpelated by an after-thought for the purpose of explaining away a difficulty but—as the very fact of the phrase being the title of the book plainly enough indicates on the surface of it— appearing quite as a matter of course in the pre arranged flow of the narrative. " Our Mutual Friend," then, is the phrase by which Mr. Beffin—(a strictly ungrae matical personage as all the world knows by this time)—the phrase by which Noddy Boffin of the Bower, and the dust binns, and the ash mountains at Harmony Jail, designates (while addressing Mrs. Wilfer) that mysterious occupant of the first floor at Wilfer's, Mr. John Rokesmith to wit! " I may call him Our Mutual Friend," said Mr. Boffin. " What sort of fellow is Our Mutual Friend, now ? Do you like him ?" And so forth. What sort of fellow we take him to be, we have already, now a couple of months ago, when noticing the first number, pretty plainly indicated. But of that—not a syllable more shall we write henceforth until our author makes, at his own good time and pleasure, his own revelation. To say that the number before us—No. 3, just issued with the July magazines —is crammed full of good things, of intensely humorous whims and oddities, is, as usual, with any instalment of a serial tale from the same Master Hand, to give ex pression to a mere matter of fact. Specimens of some few among the good things, however, we take it,will be infinitely preferable, given one by one, than any simple statement as to the fact of their being here in the lump. Young Blight, the dismal boy who is in his small person the "managing clerk, junior clerk, common law clerk, conveyancing clerk, chancery clerk, every refinementand department ot clerk," in Mr. Mortimer Lightwood'a (the soli• citor's) chambers in the Temple is the first good thing we come to in this number —and he for that matter is thoroughly good from beginning to end. Yung Blight's interview with Old Boffin must be turned to and read as a whole, in its entirety. Ditto the interview that afterwards takes place between Noddy Boffin and Mortimer Lightwood. As the former is leaving the latter's chambers at the end of it, enter the young blasé barrister, Eugene Wray burn ! Who—on being told by Beffin "Nothing like work. Look at the Bees !"—pro tests (as a biped) against being referred to the bees, to the dogs, the spiders, or the camels ! " I freely admit," Fe says, " that tee camel, for instance, is an excessively temperate person. But he has several womachs to entertain himself with, and I have only one." As to the bees, however, he maintains that he whole case is assumed. " Iney work—ye-ee ' t u t asks Eugene, "don't you think they rather over do it ? They Rork 60 much more than the) need—they make so much wore 'than they can eat—they arc so incessantly boring and buzzing at their one idea till Death comes upon them—that, don't you think they overdo it ?'' Noddy Boff'in's street-talk with Mr. Rokesmith (who offers himself as his Searetart ) is capital—particularly where at the outset Mr. Beffin is divided in his doubts as to hether the stranger will propose a game of skit ties, or meet a country gentleman, or produce an article of jewellry—Noddy, at the mere conjecture of such possibilities, carrying his Familiar Spirit, the Big Stick, in his arms, as Punch carries his, ready for any euergency. Yet more droll, however, is the description, in the next chapter, of the Boffios' turn out iu a four wheel chaise—liable to hiccup itself apart et the crossings —drawn by a hammer•headed old horse and driven by a hammer headed young man —the latter "entombed by a jobbing tailor of the district in a perfect Sepulchre of coat and gaiters, sealed with ponderous buttons." The juvenile chaff' of the neighbourhood, as this imposing turn-gut rolls into the street—such as "Down with the dust, Bof-fin !" and the like —prepares us, as by an appro• priate flourish of trumpets, for the morning cails made by those wonderful newly-installed carriage folk. Calis—first upon the Milveys—afterwards upon the Wilfers, The poor curate's family of the Milveys consist iog of " a quite young man, expert• sively educated and wretchedly paid, with a quite young wife (charmingly emphatic in her conversa tion), and half-a-dozen quite young children." Wonderful fun—on the Boffins' getting (after great perseverance on the part of the nemmer-headed young man entombed in the Sepulchre) into the Wilfer'S tittle hall—inex pressibly ridiculous fun, is made of the three pairs of listening legs upon the stairs above—Mrs. Wilfer's legs, Miss Bella's legs, Mr. George Samp son's legs—of the strained attention on the part of those same three pair of legs—and, in the end, .of their excited fl , ght. Tne meaning of the two visits, here to the Milveys, there to the Wilfers, being simply this, that at the curate's the Boffins are in search of an orphan (to adept and re name as John Harmon), while at the clerk's they are bent upon hospitably inviting to their habitat Miss Bella, the dissaprointed wife, set apart by old Harmon for—the supposed deceased. The tenth chapter of Book 1., closing this third number of " Our Mutual Friend," makes us disagreeably acquainted with an odious couple, to wit, the mature young gentleman and the mature young lady, previously met at the Veneer tug's, and now married I Alfred Lammle, with the gingery whiskers, and Soperoeia, née Akershem, powder and all ! A horrid pair —only tolerable in deed as we track them along the sands, during their Honeymoon, on the coast of the Isle of Wight, only purely tolerable as we track them there, and thus tolerable simply for the casual mention of Mr. Laramie (previously spoken of as being "rather like spurious Mephistopheles, and an unacknowledged member of that gentlem.n's family") the casuil mention of him here as he trails his stick after him along the wet sand, "as if he were of the Mephistopheles family indeed, and walked with a drooping tail!" Numberless -idmirably clever touches, bring oat vividly to view the incidents and the people at the wedding of this wretched twain at the Veneerings. Twemlow's increasing bewilderment as to the Veneering's in imacies—the panegyric upon Shares as the Be All and End Ail of City Life—(" Where does he come from ? Shares, Where is he going to ? Shares. What are his tastes ? Shares: Has he 4ny principles? Shares.")—horrible old Lady Tip pins's checking off the bridal array and its para- phanalia—that delicious record in one of Dickens's marvellous parentheses of that same old Lady Tippins's dead husband's having been (" kuighted in mistake for somebody else by his Mjesty King George the Third, who, while per forming the ceremony, was graciously pleased to observe ' What, what, what ? Who, who, who ? Why, why, why ? ' ")—the wedding breakfast at rho Veneerings with the Buffers whispering Thirty Thou-sand Pou-nds! " with a smack and relish suggestive of the very finest oysters"—the Pokey Unknown, amazed to find how intimately they know the Veneerings, plucking up their spirits, folding their arms, and beginning to contradict him before breakfast—the said combined unknown, after the bridal pair have gone, returning to the gorgeous drawing-rooms, and there doing " malig nant things with their legs to ottomans, and taking is much as possible out of the splendid furniture"— 11 these and how much more in the way of inimitable touches of the richest, raciest humour still continue to render the pages of " Our Mutual Friend" r.ot un worthy additions to that be►oved. shelf in the National book-room, on which stand The French Press on the Conference. The Ministerial statements in Parliament have not given rise to any difference of opinion in Paris. All agree in pronouncing them the most humiliat ing confession of impotence that coald be expected, even on the part of a Ministry whose abject pusil lanimity had already reduced the prestige of Eng land to zero. The Constztutionnel has a very able letter from M. Paulin Limayrac, in which the writer points out with unanswerable logic that the English Government knew perfectly well when the Conference met that France would not go to war, and therefore that it is but a poor-spirited, mean, and sneaking excuseto allege the fuse; ion of France as an excuse for their own. The Constitutionnel says :—" The British Cabinet pronounces unequi vocally in favour of peace. It aces not intend to go to wa'r to protect the continental possessions of Denmark, and thus leaves the German Powers to act within those limits. It is only in the event of war being transferred to the Danish Islands, of Copenhagen being attacked, or King Christian being made prisoner, that England would depart from her reserve, and reconsider the matter. These declarations maze are precise, but are they prudent also ? Do they not give too wide a field to one of the two bel ligerent parties, which now knows how far it can go without provoking the intervention of Eng land, and is it not even told in positive terms that it may not go farther ? Moreover, are these decla rations in accord with those previously made ? and does not the motive for this new attitude, as ex plained by Lord Palmerston, when he said that ' England was not disposed to bear the whole bur den of the enterprise unaided,' appear more like a pretext than a reason ? Has not the Cabinet of St. James's long known the feeling of the French Government, always sympathising with the weak, but recognising the legitimacy of national aspira tions, and having no interest of honour or any of those material interests which connect England with toe Dano-German conflict ? The attitude and language of France have been such from tha very origin of the coaict that no mistake on the sub ject has ever been possible. All Europe admits this, and the Eoglish Ministers candidly ecknowledged the fact when, in suggesting arbitration as a means of ending the dispute, they pro,iosed r_le Emperor Napoleon as arbitrator. Every one knows that we nave rendered full justice to the last efforts of E Russell and Lord Palmerston, but it is impossible t'or us not to remark the distance existing between the resolutions which those statesmen have just taken, and the policy which, by the press, by public speeches, and by despatches, excited passions which it was not to satisfy and indulged in menaces which were to remain withoat effect." The Pays is instructed to bold forth in the same sense, and, in addition, points out that England, or rather the English Government, has taken up a most peculiar position, aggressive towards both bellige ients, scolding and threatening both by turns, trying to protect Denmark by bullying Germany, and endeavouring to restrain Germany by bullying Denmark. The Pays also points out (not without some satisfaction) that England " appears to have laboured to unite passions, to smother resentment, and to strengthen conflicting pretensions. She is reaping what she has sown. At Copenhagen spite and distrust. At Berlin and V;enna hatred and contempt. It is now her shame to see that her promises henceforth will not be regarded more seriously than her threats." At Paris, the Pays might have added, the feeling is contempt, largely mingled with exultation at the humiliation of a rival. The Opinion Nationale is more vigorous and earnest :—" It the humiliation of England were calculated to cause us joy we should have but little to desire. It now stands recorded that the protec tion of England means nothing—that her (initiate is powerless—that her name At the foot of a treaty is no guarantee—and that the map of Europe may be constructed without consulting her views any more than those of the duchy of Baden o: the kingdom of Wurtemberg. Those who have so long been wearied with the interminable enumera. ration of the merits and superiority of England could easily turn the tables now, and point out the sad spectacle of that decline—the destinies of Eng land left to the decision of the wits, an aristocrac3 i❑ its dotage, an unwieldy middle class bursting with fat and egotism (this is textual—e. g., crevant de graisse de richesse, etc egoisnze); a people so absorbed by money-making as not to have time to see that England is struck from the roll of the great powers—all this might afford ample scope to the jealous malignity of the rivals of England. But, unfortunately, we remember that the humi• Nation now endured by England, we suffered ourselves last year. What is now taking place is but tit for tat. Last year, by refusing her co-operation, England forced us to inac iion ; now, France by abstaining condemns England to deep degradation. Last year we were compelled to undergo the polished im, ertineuce ta , Prince Gortschakuff; we now oblige her to bow beneath the coarse insolence of Count Bismark. is not this a policy worthy of two great countries ? Does it not give them claims to the gratitude of humanity and civilization ?" The Patric is still more bitter. In an artielt headed, " Sauvons la caisse ! " i.e.," Save the cash- box," it charges England with being actuated by purely sordid motives, and predicts for her the fate of Venice and Holland, and also other countries which place their material welfare far above con siderations dictated by honour and duty. The Debats expresses itself in these terms : "The whole meaning and bearing of the reservk made by England amounts to this—For the Cabinet to believe the moment come not to inter vene in favour of Denmark, but to deliberate on the question as to whether it shall do so or not, Denmark must be attacked either in her islands, in the heart of her States, in her capital, or King Christian must be a prisoner ir, the hands of the Germans ! That is the final deciaion—the great secret, the manifesto of Lord Palmerston ! The Daily News appears not less edified ; alone the Post and the Herald utter an indignant protest." It is remarked that the second series of guests invited to Fontainebleau contains not an single English name. THE " TIMES" AND THE VOTE OF CENSURE.— A critic ought to have a long memory. ihe Times yes terday was very sarcastic upon the terms of Mr Disraeli', motion, and falls especially foul of the expression tha, " the just influence of England has been lowered." Thf Times asserts that there is no such thing as lowering of lessening a " just influence," since if not exerted it cease, to exist. Mr Disraeli has doubtless laughed to himsel that the leading journal can extract nothing worse out, o his motion than a bit of verbal refining. He will laugt the more hoirtily if he turns to the 7imes of June 21, tt. first leader of which asserts that " if this c)untry allow the war to begin again the just influence of England wi be eorious)y impaired,"—Liverpoa courtcr, 4 ;, • _ jo,urt HER MAJESTY, WINDSOR CASTLE, June 30. Earl Granville arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with her Majesty and the Royal family. The Queen, accompanied by their Royal High nesses Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice, walked and drove in the grounds this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Leopcld, attended by Mr Buff, took a carriage airing. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse and Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, Mdlle. de Grancy, Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. D. Be Rog, and Captai n Von WeetErweller, arrived at the Castle at half past two o'clock from Buckingham Palace. Sir George Grey had en audience of the Queen, and introduced the Bishop of Pdttrberough to her M .jesty, who did homage on being appointed to that see. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, D,puty Ckrk of the closet, attended as well as the Lard in . Waitiog. The Prince and Princess of Wales, The Prince and Princess of Wales drove to Harrow yesterday morning, and were present at the usual proceedings of Speech Day at the school. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards took lun cheon with the head master. In attendance were the Marchioness of Carmar then, the Earl of Mount Edgecumbe, Lieut.-Gene. ral Laollys, and Lieut.-Colonel Keppel. Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales intend honouring Her Majesty's Theatre with their presence tomorrow night, on which occasion Beethoven's chef d'ceuvre " Fidelio," will be performed. Tne Earl and Countess of Albemarle have left London for their country residence, Quidenham Hall, Nor folk. The Archbishop of York and Mrs. Thomson en• tertained a party of friends at dinner yesterday evening at their residence in Beigrave-square. The EArl and Countess De Grey ',entertained a select party at dinner, last evening, at their residence in Carlton-gardens. Viscountess Palmerston will have an assembly to-nio:row evening, and on the evening of the following Saturday, July 9. The Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse Will honour the Duke and Duchess of Manchester with their company at dinner to •morrow evening, at their Graces' residence in Great Stanhope -street. His Royal Highuees the Field-Marshal Com manding-in-Chief will hold a levee at one o'clock on Wed nesday next, The marriage of Mr Frank Thynne, eldest son of the Rev. Lord and Lady John Thynne, with Miss Sheridan, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Brinsley Sheridan, was solemnised yesterday morning at Westminster Abbey in the presence of a large and distinguished circle. BANK OF FRANCE, (REUTER'S EXPRESS.) PARIS, June 30. The following is the return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-ddy, together with the cor responding figures of the previous account, : JUNE 30. JUNE 23. Dn. I'. c. I C. Capital of the Bank 182,500;000 182,500,000 -- Profits in add iriou toCapital (Art. 8 law June 9 1857) 5,003,954 29 4,091,438 53 Reserve in Eno Bank and ir branches Reserve in Inudt d properly 4,00, OUU 4,000,003 Notes in circulation 766,64875 720,243,375 -- 13tiLk nor, to order and re- ceipt. payable at sight, „ 7,186,004 18 5,737,420 49 Treasury He . cur. creditor 91 617,r.95 134 81,16a,691 61 Curreutmccounts—ntris 140,r 81 211 98 121 92.,026 12 Do. branch-banks 24.748.501 22,637 74.4 Dividends pay. blo Disc .unts and Enuary interests.. 1,553,902 48 23 , 0 13,684 25 2,558,735 17 3,078,997 61 14,925,178 10 14,022,319 51 R sul e tili c x l d i r io ,ri nt i : of the last --- 1 ,278,5 , .,9,517 63 1 ,205,946,540 94 Cu. Cash in hand and branch banks 277,544,816 45 280,511,405 57 Commercial bills ov.-rdue 367,167 65 471,444 42 Comm ercia 1 bills discouLted not yet due 381,821,063 17 309,132,598 86 Do. branch-banks 291,781,375 285,431,475 Advances on deposits of bullion Do. branch. banks 2,911,600 2,713,700 Advances on Frenchpublic securities . . Do, branch-banks 9,825,2,0 9,631,710 Advances op railway shares and debentures .. 30,200,400 30,335,100 Do. branch-banks.... 19,539,600 19,615,000 Advances on Credit Fon cier Bonds .. 356,500 346 , 500 Do. branch-banks .... 396 500 390,700 Advances to the St a t e (Convtn. June 10, 1857) 60,000,000 60,000,000 Govt. Stock Reserve .... 12,980,750 14 12,980,750 14 Do. disposable Rentes iinmobilisees (Law June 9, 1857) 100,000,000 100,000,000 Hotel and furniture of the Bank Landed property, branches Expenses of luanagenieLt 9,972 61 2,245,122 20 Sundries 1,273,509,517 03 1,205,946,540 94 Certified by the Honorary Vice-President of the Council of State, Governor of the Bank, AD. VITITRY. Shipping Disasters at Liverpool. Yesterday morning a smart gale blew over Liverpool from the north-west, and was unfortunately attended with serious accidents. The storm was particularly severe at the mouth of the river, and in the channels approaching thereto. A schooner named the Happy Return, from Dublin to Liver pool, in endeavouring to enter the river was driven into the north-east end of the turbo bank about 4 o'clock in the morning. The captain's wile, and three of the crew were washed overboard by the heavy seas that broke over her. The Cunard steamer British Queen, Captain Kelly, from Havre to Liverpool, was passing at the time, and the cap tain, observing the distress of the schooner, oidered a boat to put out to her. A boat, stated to be a liteboat, was lowered, and manned by six men, under the command of Mr George Morrison, the second t ffieer. In eneeav uring to approach the vessel the boat was struck by a heavy sea, capsized, and five of her crew drowned. Mr Morrison and the other seaman were saved by another boat irons the Bri• tish Queen. In the meantin a intorueation \Vat. received at one of the Liverpool lifeboat stations, and a boat imme diately put out and succeeded in reaming the wreck, and rescuing the captain and one seaman still remeiumg on board. Many other vessels have sustained injuries to bull and rigging, but no further tatal casualties were reported- The wind continued very rough until about noon, wen it began to moderate. The tollowing report of the occurrence was posted in tete Underwriters' room during the diiy " Tue British Queen, screw steamer, Kelly, from Havre, when coming in this morning, saw the schooner Happy Return run on the north-east side of the Burbo. lhe steamer stopped by her and lowered a boat to save the crew, but it did not succeed in getting to the wreck. They then lowered a second and larger boat, which got to the Happy Return, after great risk, and while taking the crew from her, as they jumped from the wreck into the water, the rope attached to pert of the wreck broke, and in veering the boat round towards the steamer she was struck by a heavy sea, which filled and capsized her, drowning five of the seven men from the steamer, who manned her, and two of the Happy Return's crew." Owing to the state of the weather the Royal Mersey Regatta did not take place, IMPORTANT FOP. SKIN DISEASES. —The perfumed sulphurous soap which is prepared by M. 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